Wednesday, September 30, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 30/09/2009



Apple re-hires Newton developer
If you paid attention to Apple products in the 90s, odds are you remember the Newton. Well, guess what? According to the New York Times, Apple has re-hired one of the "original developers" of the ill-fated personal digital assistant. According to Tchao's LinkedIn profile, he spent six years at...
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AMD's Radeon HD 5850 arrives
With a $259 suggested retail price and a smaller footprint, the Radeon HD 5850 brings a slightly diluted version of the 5870's potent cocktail. Let's see if it goes down any easier.
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New Left 4 Dead campaign hits Steam, Xbox Live
As promised, Valve has updated its popular co-op zombie shooter with a fresh new campaign. Shacknews points out that the Crash Course downloadable content for Left 4 Dead is now available. PC users should get the campaign automatically, since Valve has it out as an update through Steam. On...
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New Toshiba laptops are small, cheap, have optional dual cores
Speak of the devil. Earlier this morning, Toshiba announced a pair of new consumer ultraportable laptops that will offer users a choice between a single-core processor and one of those dual-core, SU4000-series Pentiums we were just talking about. The new series comprises the 13.3" Satellite T135 and the 11.6"...
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Report: Intel plans more dual-core CULV processors
Earlier this month, Asus introduced several UnLimited-series laptops based on a new consumer ultra-low-voltage processor from Intel: the Core 2 Duo SU7300. The processor runs at a similar speed as previous CULV offerings (1.3GHz), but it has two cores—an important distinction. As we saw in our subsequent review...
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